Hornung's ZHP Adventure

So as I'd hoped not to discover, my first ever encounter with a sunroof gremlin has come to light.

My passenger side sunroof driver is out of sync with the driver side sunroof driver. I heard a definite cracking sound after two consecutive sunroof tilts.

I can get it to meet the roof line if I don't close it all the way. But if it closes to the parked position it looks like this below.

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See how the passenger side is much lower than the roof line? So I tried recalibrating the unit by closing the unit and holding it until it tilts up. But from further reading that only seems to recalibrate the one touch opening/closing feature.

So it seems I may need to physically remove my sunroof cassette and repair it somehow.

Thoughts, comments, suggestions?

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That's interesting Justin, sorry I can't contribute to this issue. I will be keeping track on this though just in case I run into this issue. My ZHP's sunroof has been making cracking sounds lately.....

Yes it's very bothersome however I am hoping it doesnt get locked up as that will require immediate surgery. For now though the roof stays closed.

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Sunroof delete FTW. I drive with mine back as much as possible, but a delete would rid you of those problems for forever ;)


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Yeah I've always wanted a sunroof-less car. But on a beautiful day when the sun is out and the weather is perfect opening the roof just makes life awesome.

I've priced out the carbon panels that fit in place, but I would need to remove the roof to weld in the proper roof bow that joins the B pillars. And if I'm removing the roof I would rather have a full carbon panel in it's place. Or OEM if I had to settle.

Which is why repairing the unit and greasing the tracks makes much more sense than any of the above.

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I love my sunroof. Gotta have one in CA.

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Dear 8 pounds 6 ounces... newborn, infant Jesus, don't even know a word yet. We thank you for Delmarco and his brilliant DIYs and appropriately labeled pictures to accompany his words. I give you, the sunroof repair guide.

Armrest delete looks great!

Sunroof repair guide above looks really, really good. I pulled my glass panel out about a year ago to replace the broken slider for the panel below. Removing the glass was actually very simple - 6 of the T-25 bolts as I recall and it lifts out. I masked off the glass to be sure that I didn't accidentally nick it while turning a socket. Hopefully digging down further to repair your issue isn't much more challenging. E36 solid panels on the other hand are supposed to be a PITA.

Okay, she's sitting flush now. Just undid the two rear most T25 bolts and pushed up on the glass and tightened them back down. When the weather gets nice, I will probably remove the roof and shade and do some PM on the tracks.

Looks great bud!

Thank you, sir. It took me forever to pull the trigger, but it was so easy to install all the goodies. Just gotta sell some things to fund the budget.

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Same shit happened on my way home from the bar. It's completely fucked and I have to drop the sunroof! Now it looks like this when its closed.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/06/mu7yhe2a.jpg

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Roof won't do anything besides tilt. This shit blows.

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Fuck I hope this isn't more time and effort needed to fix this POS. Pulled the fuse as protection. It's aligned as best as I can get it. I guess the parts for the Sunroof shade will be on order for tomorrow. Going to see what is exactly involved in my particular repair.

Would the shade have any influence on how the glass panel reacts to it's home position? Why is it happening in this fashion?

Sorry to hear, the sunroofs In these cars are crap. The shade can stop it from retracting but I've never heard of it messing with the tilt. I hope you find out what's going on.


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I never operate mine.

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#slicktop sorry for your woes.


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Yeah the shade doesn't have anything to do with the lifting/sliding mechanism of the actual glass so you might want to have a look around while you have the glass out!

Is your sun shade still "tight" without any side-to-side play? Mine ended up being a bit loose, and turned out it was the broken shade clip. Wondering if maybe the small piece of broken plastic wedged in the track if your sun shade is loose.

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The shade seems to move freely. Its gotten bound a few times previously...but nothing a little jostling couldn't fix.

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Freely is good, but too much side to side slop probably means a broken piece on the side of the shade. Hopefully that's not a problem...or if it is, it is fairly simple to repair.

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Focusing on my roof mouldings today. Removed them and wrapping them in gloss black vinyl.

So far this is what I have...

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/12/3e7agunu.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/12/uta6abu3.jpg

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That looks clean! Mine are fading already. Need to do that as well.

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Thank you! Up close, you can see the tiny bumps showing through the vinyl.

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35% ceramic tint added. Gotta wait 3 days before I can lower the windows though :/

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/13/esamegyv.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/13/vaze3ety.jpg

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That tint looks great!

Thanks!

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Looks good!


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Nice. Put blue tape over the switches to remind you not to use them!


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I pushed the window lock button down.

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I pushed the window lock button down.

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That doesn't prevent the front from using the master switches in the middle.. :(

Huh...only the rear windows then. That's what I thought...but obviously wasn't going to test it for fear that my tint would be ruined forever! LOL

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So in the midst of installing my center console I lost a screw that held the rear storage compartment in place. No biggie I hunted it down today by chance. I poked around the seat belt latches and found it. Also found an intake snorkel pop rivet. And then I decided to pull the bench, as I'd not done that yet, and found this:

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Upon closer look:

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/13/ty7ejaje.jpg

Goldfish and dried up orange peels. There are stains on hidden parts of the cushion invisible unless you pull it.

I was appalled. So I got the vacuum and cleaned her up and removed all the insulation and sound deadening as it was torn to shreds.

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Huh...only the rear windows then. That's what I thought...but obviously wasn't going to test it for fear that my tint would be ruined forever! LOL

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yea I put greentape all over my switches when I got mine done.

Yikes. Dats nasty


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Gross

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LOL. Now your set outside, inside, and waaay deep inside for your car.

Took a sick day. Feels like I'm breathing through a straw...

Planning on replacing the grid and removing the rear rattle. Going to use felt tape on every surface that gets screwed down. Going to order my pillar covers as well. Here we go spending moolah again.

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Well I finally got around to fixing my headlights. Installed the passenger side EvoX-R projector and epoxied the e46R shrouds onto both sides. It was my first time using plastic weld of any kind. I made a fucking mess of it to, par for the course when I'm involved.

Didn't clearance the shutter solenoid well enough and got a wonky beam pattern, eventually diagnosed it properly and used the grinding tool on my Dremel kit to provide the necessary space for the solenoid. In other news, my high beam solenoid on the driver side is now inoperable after opening slowly and closing even slower. Obviously there is epoxy somewhere binding the unit. Can't wait to figure that out on Tuesday. It could be as simple as breaking the solenoid open with a screwdriver since it's all metal...but I could bend the shield. I'm such a putz sometimes.